I’ve been playing through a Mesa Roadster for something like eight or nine years now, and it’s an awesome sounding amp… But, I’ve always thought the Mesa Mark IV was hands down the best lead guitar sound I’ve ever heard. I never really could justify a second amp, though, and when the Mark V initially came out, I was a little off-put by the fact that all the distorted modes I’d actally use - IIC+, IV, and Extreme - were all on the same channel, so I’d basically have a clean channel and a gain channel, and I couldn’t dial in separate footswitchable lead and rhythm sounds.
Fast forward five years or so, though, and it starts to occur to me that not only am I not gigging these days, but back when I was all I ever really did was use one clean and one gain sound and just use the solo boost and FX loop switch when it came time to take a solo, so I was being a little bit of a prima donna by wanting two gain sounds on tap. And I’ve had a pretty abysmal tart to 2018 - my grandfather died, broke up with my girlfriend, had shoulder surgery, and work’s been a mess lately - so late one night as I was getting ready to leave work, I spotted this on Humbucker Music in the exact options I’d have custom ordered one, and, well…
Quick video clip, the video is a little grainy due to bad lighting but the audio signal chain was pristine, at least. Not too much CtC-inspired picking here, when in doubt I still just fall back on legato, but damn, I like how this thing sounds.
Still getting to know it a little, but man… what a killer sounding amp. Apologies for the slop there, this was entirely off the cuff, lol.
